I SELECT SIFTINGS. South Carolina has a bllnd man who is a carvcr In wood. Indlan cotton cloth is mcntloned by Herodotus, was known to tho Arabiana in the time of Mohammed, and was LrouRht Into Europe by liis followers. Ono of tho Unglish governors of New York, Lord Cornbury, used to arauso himself by dressing like a woman and promenading around tho Uattcry. A glgantic floating flsh canncry, which was bullt at Victoria, 13. C, has wcnt to soa. It wlll follow tho runs of flsh from river to rlver, and all tho work will ho dono on board. A noted caterer says : If green pcas nre sbelled and then are put in dry opcn-mouthed bottlcs, and aro shakcn togethcr so as to occupy as little spaco R3 possible, then aro corked tightly and are sealed, they will keep threo or four months. They niust, howover, bo buried in dry earth in the cellar. Saxony has somo very curious lawa concerning sorvant girls. For instancc, the mistress is requircd to allow the servant ono pound of butter and ono pound of...